Dish-cleaner



E. A. COUCH. DISH CLEANER.

(No Model.)

- U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

'EDWIN A, COUOI-I, OF- PLAINFIELD, NEwJERsE DISH-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 523,426, dated July 24, 1894.

i Application filed February 2, 1894:. Serial No. 498,&28. (No model.) 0

To aZZ whom it may concrm I I Beit known that I, EDWIN A. CoUcH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Plain-' field, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented an Improvement in Dish-Washers, of which the following is a specification.

Thisinprovement is made with special reference to giving facility for packing dishes into a removable basket and for keeping the knives, forks and spoons separate from the dishes so as not ,to project from the basket and be liable to injury, and also for removing the spindle upon and by which-the basket is rotated.

In carrying out my improvements I find it advantageous to make use of an ordinary tub with an upwardly projecting rim and inwardly projecting lip to prevent-the agitation causing the water to splash over the edge of the tub, and the basket is made of open wirework with a central cross-bar and a tubular sheath for the removable axis to pass through, so that such axis may be inserted or withdrawn without risk ot' in-jury to the crockery.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section illustrating the present improvement.

Fig. 2 is a plan view, partly in section and Fig. 3 a detached section of the 'sheath into which the knives, forks or spoons are inserted. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the same, and Fig. 5 is a detached section of the rim.

Thetub or vessel A is of suitable size according to the number of dishes that are to be washed at one time, and in the bottom of the tub is a socket 2 for the axis B` of the basket C, and around the top portion` of the tub is a rim 3 with an inwardly projecting lip 4:. 'This may be of sheet metal; the tub or vessel itself preferably being of Wood so as to give a firm support to the cross-bar D which rests upon the top edges of the tub and is provided with a shoulder 5 setting within the top edges of the tub 5 and there are slots for the buttons 6 that connect the cross-bar to the tub and allow for the easy removal of such axis 'B to pass through, and this case 7 is fastened at its upper end to the cross-bar 8 of the basket, which cross-bar forms or receives a handle for lifting the basket from place to place, and when the dishes are packed into the basket the case7 aids in preventing them slipping and. also forms an opening through which the axis B is easily inserted or withdrawn without the risk of breaking the dishes, and th'e axis B is'made with wings, or polygonal, so as to set into corresponding v -articles thatare set into the basket, and the sheath being elastic to a greater or less extent serves to wedge or hold the plates and other articles so that they are not liable to be displaced or broken by the rapid rotation to which the basket and its contents are subjectedin the washing operation.

i It will now be apparent that the basket can be lifted out from the tub and carried to the I place where' the dishes'are to be received,

and such dishes are packed into the basket together with the sheath and its contents and then the basket is inserted into the tub, and the axjs B 'inserted through the case within the basket, and the lower end of the axis rests in the socket 2 and the cross bar D put in place and h'ot water is supplied in the tub in sufficient quantity for washing the dishes, and the axis and basket are rotated by the handle 9, preferably in one direction and'then in the other direction so as to' cause the hot water to flow between the dishes and thoroughly wash the' same, after which the crossbar D and axis B are removed and thebasket lifted out of the tub to allow the water to run off the dishes, and the dishes may dry in the basket or they may be removed and wiped as desired.

This apparatus is cheap and portable and IOO 2 i 1 i u 523,426

the dishes are not liable to injury, and the operation is rapid and easily performed and.

very little power is required to rotate the basket.

I claim as Iny invention- 1. The combination with a tub or vessel for holding hot water, of a basket of openwork having a 'cross-bar with an opening for the removable axis and a central case extending IO from the cross-bar to the bottom of the basket,

a cross-bar on the top of the vessel and a renovable axis passing through the cross-bars and through the case, and a socket in the botton of the vessel for reeeiving the lower end I 5 of the axis, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination in a dish Washer, ot' a forth. i

Signed by me this 30th day of January, 1894.

. E. A. COUCI-I. VVitnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY,

A. M. OLIVER. 

